Example Sentences

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Riley birdied three of his last four holes Thursday afternoon when the turf was firm and the wind was swirling and the bad breaks led to big numbers, as Rory McIlroy found out.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023

As Sudan teeters on the brink of a full-blown civil war, one question was swirling around the country on Wednesday: Where is the former dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir?

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

It was two decades after the passage of Title IX, and “the girl power revolution of the 1990s was swirling all around.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Her family had recently moved to Miami from the Dominican Republic and she was swirling in insecurities about her identity and her appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2022

The currents shifting, as though something was swirling and swimming, creating eddies under the surface.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder